News-Gazette… A word of advice for Gov. Bruce Rauner: You may want to avoid disparaging Champaign-Urbana when you’re talking tech. The governor apologized to Champaign County business and civic leaders Tuesday for comments he made about the home of the state’s flagship research university during a Chicago radio interview last week. Rauner’s assertion that Champaign-Urbana […]
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Rauner claims credit for Trump’s Supreme Court victory on Janus case
Incumbent Governor Bruce Rauner crowed about his victory Wednesday after the U.S. Supreme ruled against public-sector unions in the Janus v. AFSCME decision. In a 5-4 decision, the court determined that nonunion workers cannot be forced to pay fees to public sector unions. The case was filed by the Rauner-funded Liberty Justice Center. Rauner was a plaintiff […]
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Rahm Emanuel’s friends, donors benefit from Chicago teacher pension fund investments
I spy Rahm Emanuel with my Illinois eye. Downstate here. In 2015, the International Business Times wrote this. It is the kind of transaction Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s much-touted ethics reforms appeared designed to halt: Chicago teachers’ pension money flowed to financial companies connected to some of the mayor’s friends and top donors. Emanuel, whose administration […]
It’s on: McCann files 65,000+ signatures for Governor, defies Bruce Rauner
State Sen. Sam McCann, a pro-life, pro-Trump Conservative Party candidate for governor, was joined by his running mate, Aaron Merreighn of Riverton, on Monday as they filed more than 65,000 signatures to get on the Nov. 6 ballot. McCann’s candidacy represents a serious challenge from the right to unpopular incumbent Republican Governor Bruce Rauner. “This […]
Rauner, Pritzker, and Rahm blast Trump on Clinton-era migrant policy
What do Bruce Rauner, JB Pritzker, and Rahm Emanuel have in common? They all hate President Donald Trump. In the middle of a planned speech Monday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel pivoted from the script to take a shot at President Donald Trump. “I think it is an absolute mistake what’s happening on our border in […]
Rauner makes false claim on bill backlog, increased $3 billion since elected
During a stop at Western Illinois University, Governor Rauner claimed Illinois’ bill backlog was $10 billion when he took office. Was Illinois’ bill backlog $10 billion when Bruce Rauner took office in January 2014? No, according to former Illinois comptroller Republican Judy Baar Topinka, the bill backlog was $6,545,568, 736 in December 2014. One year later, Leslie […]
Trump supporter Sen. Sam McCann accuses Rauner of buying the Illinois GOP
Sen. Sam McCann, who has launched a Conservative Party bid for Illinois Governor, slammed Governor Bruce Rauner in an interview with WEEK-TV last night. McCann was asked, among other things, if he supported President Trump. Here’s a quick transcript of that part of the interview… I definitely do. He’s our President. He’s our commander-in-chief…We’ve reached […]
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After trashing Trump for two years, Rauner says he’s “very proud” of White House
Is Rauner trying to mend fences with President Trump? After two-years of anti-Trump rhetoric, is it too late for the embattled Illinois Governor to make amends? Rauner desperate to make amends with Trump? You decide… During a Tuesday visit to a tool and die shop in Belleville, Rauner praised the Congress and FINALLY the Trump […]
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Trump could stick it to Rauner with Blagojevich pardon
Will Trump pardon Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich? The conservative National Review rated Bruce Rauner the worst Republican Governor in America. In the latest poll, billionaire JB Pritzker has a 16-point lead over the Republican incumbent. In April, Rauner was polling at 26% approval and 60% disapproval. While still claiming fiscal conservative credentials, he recently […]
Rauner down by 15 in latest poll against Pritzker
Gov. Bruce Rauner is trailing Democratic gubernatorial rival J.B. Pritzker by at least 15 points, according to the May edition of The Illinois Poll. The telephone survey contacted 1,208 voters May 22-24. While Rauner holds narrow leads in northern and central Illinois, he has surged in the southern part of the state, with a 46-to-30 percent lead over Pritzker. […]